chance me please...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>For UCs. UCLA, SD, Davis, Irvine. and USC
I am hoping to major in Biology</p>

<p>I am currently a junior
California resident
Ethnicity: Asian</p>

<p>gpa weighted (F+S+J): 4.28
I don't know how to calculate my UC gpa...but here are my soph/junior grades:</p>

<p>10th grade:
Algebra 2/Trig: A/A
PE: A/A
AP World History: B/B
Leadership: A/A
AP Chem: C/C ( I know I know, I totally messed up there :[ )
Spanish: A/B
English Honors: A/B</p>

<p>11th grade (first semester only):
Physiology: A
AP Biology: A
English Honors: A
AP US History: B
Pre Calculus Honors: B
Spanish: A</p>

<p>For my senior year, I am planning to take: AP Calc AB, AP Econ, AP US Govt, AP Physics, AP Stats, AP English.</p>

<p>SATs: 1960 (but I took the March one so hopefully its a little higher :D )
SAT II: Took WH last year, did really bad (mid 600s). Planning on taking Bio, US hist, & Math 2.
AP: Chem (3), WH (3)</p>

<p>EC's:
California Scholarship Federation member: 3 years
National Honors Society member: 2 years
Key Club: 1 year (going on 2 for senior year)
Make A Wish: 3 years (going on 4 for senior year)
Musical Cast: 1 year
ASB: 1 year
Mentors: 1 year (going on 2 for senior year)
Newspaper staff: 1 year
Christian Club: 1 year
Mock Trial: 2 years (going on 3 for senior year)
Volunteer: a lot. haha. I'm not sure of the exact number but I know its over 300.
Tutoring my peers
Homecoming Committee</p>

<p>Leadership Experience:
Secretary (Make A Wish)
Historian (Key Club)
Commissioner of Education (ASB)
My school's representative to my district
PTSA student representative
Coordinator of Teacher Appreciation Week at my school
Coordinator of my school's ASB banquet and Student/Athlete of the Month banquet</p>

<p>If you need any other information, please ask me :)
Any input will be greatly appreciated!
Thanks, guys!</p>

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<p>oh yea! and I almost forgot…</p>

<p>rank: top 5% (don’t know the exact)</p>

<p>other EC’s:
been playing piano since I was four</p>

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<p>bumpingggg</p>

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<p>Please, guys, help me out and give me some input on where you think I am, what you think I can improve on, and anything else that will help me get accepted!
…
please??</p>

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<p>You are fine. Fine, fine, fine.
I would say you are a shoo-in to everywhere but UCLA and USC, but since you are a CA resident with really good stats, I wouldn’t worry.
Retake the SAT, and if you get over 2200, don’t worry about USC.</p>

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<p>cool! thanks :slight_smile:
I took the march one, so hopefully its higher, but if not then I’m gonna take it again in October after studying my butt off over summer :)</p>

<p>bumppp…</p>

<p>I’ll chance you guys back!</p>

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<p>Does anybody know of any universities with a strong biology/premed backgrounds that are within my reach? They could be out of state (I live in california)</p>

<p>I’m trying to lengthen my college list and “expand my possibilities”</p>

<p>lol</p>

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<p>You know what’s funny, in my chance post, I “stole” your format. Sorry! ;] Thanks for chancing me. Here’s yours:</p>

<p>I did a quick search for the UC GPA Calculator and came up short. I remember finding it on the UC website and calculating it from there, but I couldn’t find it again!</p>

<p>Your classes look good, just realize Leadership and PE do not count as UC A-G, so your GPA experiences a little dip. A higher GPA is better for your chances, as UCLA’s average admitted GPA is 4.3, so this is your last chance to make an impact on that. Your SATs are pretty good too, but as you know, the higher the better! I believe their average is around the 2,000 mark, so more preparing goes a long way. Your Extra-Curriculars are good too, I know they like seeing leadership stuff on an application. </p>

<p>I don’t know much about Biology major, but a relative of mine recently told me that it’s an extremely competitive major, more so than Political Science.</p>

<p>My guesses:</p>

<p>UCLA - Slight reach.
UCSD - Good chance.
Davis - Great chance.
Irvine - Great chance.
USC - A reach only because they emphasize more on the academics, as far as I know, but seeing as how I only applied to CSUs and UCs…</p>

<p>Keep in mind I’m being fairly hypocritical here; my application grades and SATs are lower than yours ;] good luck! I’m glad you’re looking ahead and preparing for college already…I didn’t even think about it until this year.</p>

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<p>haha!!</p>

<p>don’t worry, I did the same thing too. I went around to a couple of other people’s and mixed and matched their formats to make mine :D</p>

<p>Thanks for all the tips!!! and good luck to you too!</p>

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<p>so far, only two legit chances… :(</p>

<p>please guys, help me out here!!</p>

<p>please chance me for UC’s (LA, SD, Davis, I), USC, and any other good universites that you know of that are within my reach. I would like to major in biology. </p>

<p>Thanks!!</p>

<p>bumpbumpbumpbump</p>

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<p>Get your SAT score up, then you will probably get into all those colleges, imo.</p>

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<p>I know this gets annoying but please help and chance me. Not only for those UCs and for USC but also for others with a good biology undergrad program that you think might be within my reach. Please. :D</p>

<p>thanks!</p>